Today, this weblog is 4 months 15 days old. Trying to update once a week…, I really think it hasn’t been much true. But I’m now here, aren’t I?
Today I want to talk about a musician I really love.
Erik Satie was a very special French composer. Between other facts, he set up his own religious sect (and he was the only member) and he was especially the creator of a great music. If you want to know more about his life, you just have to read its article on Wikipedia.
Talking about his music, I can only say every time I listen to it I like it more and more. And I haven’t found any composition I dislike yet. And if we talk about playing his music, it’s even more exaggerated. The pleasure it gives you when you’re playing one of his compositions is indescribable. While you’re playing it you feel like its slave and like if you just have arrived to the world.
But I think the best way of feeling these sensations is listening to his music (and playing it if possible), so here’s one played by me[1].
3rd Gnossienne
This is the first piece of Satie I played, last year to be precise. However, the recording was done today. There’re some errors, but that’s human.
It’s gorgeous, and really strange. What most amazed me when I started it was it didn’t have compass indication or compasses either. Another strange thing, just chance, was the colour of the photocopy’s paper, which was pink[2], which I found so fun I was more impatient to play it.
I had such a great time setting up the song I cannot even describe it. And when I played it at the concert, I felt so good… I had never had such a good concert before, without ending shaking. The only thing that annoyed me was that the keyboard of the piano is a bit hard and the last note sound too loud because I played it again. Nevertheless, I felt just like reborn.
It’s slow, minimalist, simple, easy to listen and not a pest at all. On Wikipedia’s link there are sites where you may get the scores.
